Storyboards & shot planning
See the sequence before production.
Lay out the frames, annotate the action, and see how a sequence works before production.
Frames and notes on one board.
Storyboards often start on paper, get scanned, and travel by email, with the shot notes kept in a separate spreadsheet. In Grein the frame and its notes sit together: shot size, camera angle, movement, action, and sound, written right beside the image.
Reordering a sequence means dragging frames into a new order, not renumbering pages. Arrows show transitions and stay attached as the frames move.
Draw it, or find it.
Sketch frames on a pressure-sensitive canvas with a pen, mouse, or trackpad. If you’d rather not draw, use reference stills, grabs from your own footage, or stock photos and video searched from inside Grein.
Rough is fine at this stage. A stick-figure frame today is worth more than a polished one after the schedule is set.
Review the sequence with the crew.
Invite collaborators to comment on a specific frame. Editors resolve notes once a shot is agreed, so open comments always mean open questions.
The Shot list template gives each scene a frame plus fields for shot size, camera angle, and action, so the storyboard and the shot list become the same document.
Questions, answered.
No. Start with sketches or reference images, arrange them in order, and add notes explaining what each frame needs to communicate.
Yes. Use reference stills, frames from your own footage, or stock photos and video from Pexels, searched from inside Grein.
Yes. Use a row or a nested board for each scene or sequence, keeping the treatment and shared references on the main board.
Who uses this workflow
Filmmakers
Develop the look, work through the sequence, and bring the crew into the same picture.
See how they use itCreative teams
Put the brief beside your concepts and collect client feedback on the work itself.
See how they use itWriters & creators
Gather the fragments, find the thread, and give your story a structure you can move around.
See how they use it
Create your first
board.
Start with a few references. Bring people in when it’s ready.